ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,272, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Flame retardant veneer panel" was invented by Christopher L. Chapman (Georgetown, Ind.), Brian Barnett (New Albany, Ind.), Nicholas William Linck (Lagrange, Ky.), John Michael Striegel (Sellersburg, Ind.) and Abe Blessinger (Sellersburg, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A veneer panel may include a face veneer, a first inner layer bonded to the face veneer, a second inner layer bonded to the first inner layer, and a thermally conductive layer bonded to the second inner layer. The first inner layer and the second inner layer are treated with a flame retardan...